Man Threw Screwdriver at Trucker in I-78 Road Rage Incident in L. Saucon, Police Say

An Upper Mount Bethel Township man has been charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment, causing an accident involving damage, propelling a missile into an occupied vehicle, harassment, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and numerous summary traffic offenses after he allegedly threw a screwdriver through the passenger side window of a tractor-trailer cab on I-78 in Lower Saucon Township last month in what is being called a road rage incident and was referred to by one witness as a “rampage,” WFMZ Channel 69 News reported Wednesday.

According to the story, John M. Gresham, 37, of Morningside Drive, was driving a silver Dodge “dually” pickup truck westbound near mile marker 67 on the afternoon of June 13 when he allegedly passed the tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of the road, cut in front of it, slammed on his brakes–forcing the truck’s driver to swerve into the left lane–and threw the metal tool threw the window, before allegedly colliding with the Kenworth, coming to a stop across both lanes of the highway and grabbing a pole from the bed of his pickup which witnesses said he used to try and smash one of the truck’s headlights.

Gresham was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast and following a preliminary arraignment before District Judge Anthony Rapp was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $15,000 bail, according to court records.